Effects of Aquatic Exercise on Post-exercise Hypotension

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hypertension; Obesity; Aging

• Registration Number: NCT03403478
• Lead Sponsor: Federal University of Paraíba

Brief Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial. The present study involves an acute and chronic intervention, which is a water-based exercise (one session: to acute intervention; 12-weeks of aquatic exercise program: to chronic intervention). The sample will be composed by elderly enrolled in university extension program titled "Hidroginastica na Terceira Idade" (Hydrogymnastics in aging). It will be evaluated the effects of water-based exercise on hemodynamics, self-reported sleep quality, depressive symptoms, quality of life, body composition, level of physical activity and functional capacity. The investigators hypothesized that an acute water-based exercise under different intensities promotes hemodynamics changes in elderly. In addition, the investigators hypothesized that 12-weeks of aquatic exercise may lead improvements in self-reported sleep quality, depressive symptoms, quality of life, body composition, level of physical activity and functional capacity in elderly.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-01-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-01-11
• Study First Posted: 2018-01-18
• Study Start: 2018-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-10-31
• Study Completion: 2018-10-31
• Status Verified: 2019-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-07-01
• Last Update Posted: 2019-07-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Elderly (60 years and over)
• Able to practice physical exercise in water
• Able to answer all questionnaires
• Non-smoker

Exclusion Criteria

• Morbid obese
• Those who not complete all data collection procedures

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Blood pressure	Up to 1 hour post-exercise session	The blood pressure will be measured by an automatic blood pressure device (OMRON HEM-720).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Level of physical activity (BAECKE modified to elderly)	Approximately 5 minutes	The Habitual Physical Activity Questionnaire originated in 1982 by Baecke and colleagues (BAECKE; BUREMA, FRIJTERS, 1982) and was adapted for the elderly and validated later (VORORRIPS et al., 1991) and recently translated into Portuguese (SIMÕES, 2009). It is applied in the form of an interview, and has as reference the last 12 months being divided into 3 sections (1 - Domestic physical activities, 2 - Sporting activities and 3 - Activities in free time). From the scores attributed to each response provided by the elderly, scores equivalent to each section cited above are established. It is suggested that 3 cutoff points be created for the classification of the elderly regarding the level of physical activity (low, moderate and high) based on terciles.
Functional Capacity	Approximately 35 minutes	AAPHERD test battery
Self-reported sleep quality	Approximately 15 minutes	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Depressive symptoms (Mental disorders)	Approximately 5 minutes	Geriatric depressive symptoms (GDS-15) is a validated questionnaire which will be used in order to evaluate depressive symptoms in elderly.
Self-reported quality of life	Approximately 15 minutes	Quality of life will be assessed by the WHOQOL-OLD questionnaire and it consists of 24 items on the likert scale attributed to 6 facets: 1) Sensory functioning, 2) Autonomy, 3) Past, present and future activities, 4) Social participation, 5) Death and dying, and 6) Intimacy. Each facet is composed of 4 items, so for each facet the score can range from 4 to 20. For this evaluation, the higher the score, the higher the quality of life.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bruno Teixeira Barbosa; 🇧🇷 Joao Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil